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Amplification of multi-gigawatt 3 ps pulses in an atmospheric CO2 laser using ac Stark effect
S Ya Tochitsky1, J J Pigeon, D J Haberberger
1Neptune Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California Los Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. sergei12@ucla.edu
Optics Express
|June 21, 2012
Abstract:
The 3 ps pulses are amplified to ~20 GW peak power in a TEA CO(2) laser using ac Stark broadening. Demonstration of such broadband coherent amplification of 10 μm pulses opens opportunities for a powerful mid-IR source at a high-repetition rate.
